Long Beach Light
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This article is about the lighthouse in California. For the lighthouse in Orient Bay, Long Island, NY, see Orient Long Beach Bar Light.
Long Beach Light also known as the Long Beach Harbor Light, is a lighthouse on Long Beach Harbor in California.
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Robot Light, taken 1949 by U.S. Coast Guard Archive | |
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Location | Long Beach Harbor California United States |
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Coordinates | 33.723237°N 118.186821°W / 33.723237; -118.186821 |
Tower | |
Constructed | n/a (first) |
Foundation | concrete piles |
Construction | concrete building (current) metal skeletal tower (first) |
Automated | 1949 |
Height | 42 feet (13 m) |
Shape | two-stage rectangular building with light on flat roof (current) square tower with double balcony and lanten (first) |
Markings | white building (current) |
Operator | United States Coast Guard[1][2][3] |
Fog signal | blast every 30s. continuously |
Light | |
First lit | 1949 (current) |
Focal height | 50 feet (15 m) |
Lens | 36 inches (910 mm) |
Range | 20 nautical miles (37 km; 23 mi) |
Characteristic | Fl W 5s. |
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